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But he admitted: "It was definitely scary, I can't lie.

"But it was very controlled. It was scary but controlled."

But when asked if he thought the climb was unwise, he defended the group's actions, saying: "The people who are critical about it need to understand that people have to climb it to maintain it.

"They run maintenance and have to climb it with a harness, they have to check bolts.

"If you want to call us stupid, you have to call them stupid."

He said that it took about 20 minutes to scale the ride, only climbing down when security appeared and called fire and rescue services.

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The group has now been banned from the park for two years

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The youths climbed 200ft to the top of Stealth at Thorpe Park

In a video shared of the group's venture, Rikke showed the group planning how to break into the theme park and climbing over a fence to get inside on Sunday night.

Footage then shows the group running to the theme park, with one of the group even hopping into the ride carrier once they reach the top.

The group then climb up the stairs, sharing footage of the terrifying heights they had reached.

Rikke said: "We definitely understood what kind of reaction was going to come out from the security.

"I have to express how we did not want the fire engines called and we expressed that to the security officer."

Saying that the highest building he had climbed was the Eiffel Tower - by the stairs - he said that the group were now planning on their next high-scale risk - but would not confirm where or when it would take place.

The group has now been handed a two year ban from Thorpe Park.

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The group broke into Thorpe Park after hours on Sunday

Stealth, which opened in 2006 costing £12 million, has the fastest acceleration of any rollercoaster in Britain – going from 0 to 80mph in 1.9 seconds – while riders may experience up to 4.5G.

A spokesperson for Merlin Entertainments, owner of Thorpe Park, said: “Thorpe Park can confirm that (Sunday 16th April), after the theme park had closed, four youths broke in and attempted to climb one of the rides.

"They were spotted very quickly by our security team and the police were informed.

"One of the young men had difficulty descending from his position and the Surrey Fire Service were called to help him down safely.

"Thorpe Park takes trespass extremely seriously.

"It has a zero tolerance policy towards this behaviour which is irresponsible and potentially very dangerous for those individuals as well as others.

"As such we will be pursuing legal action against those involved.

"And the first immediate action we've taken is that they've all received a lifetime ban to our premises."

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